Key facts
- Country
- Ecuador
- Established
- November 4, 1880
- Recognized
- April 25, 1884
- Named after
- Cañari
- Capital
- Azogues
- Largest city
- La Troncal
- Cantons
- List of cantons Azogues Biblián Cañar Déleg El Tambo Suscal La Troncal
- Prefect
- Marcelo Jaramillo ( RC )
- Vice prefect
- Ximena Andrade
- Governor
- David Crespo Cárdenas
- Total
- 3,647 km (1,408 sq mi)
- Density
- 62.40/km (161.6/sq mi)
- Time zone
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Cañar ( Spanish pronunciation: [kaˈɲaɾ]) is a province in Ecuador. The capital is Azogues. At the time of census 2010 the province had a population of 225,184. It contains the 16th-century ruins of Ingapirca, the best-known Inca settlement in Ecuador and a product of their conquest of the indigenous Cañari.
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